Perinatal exposure to endotoxin and the development of eczema during the first 6 years of life

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-244

  Chen, C M ^a,b   Sausenthaler, S ^a   Bischof, W ^c   Herbarth, O ^d,e   Borte, M ^d,f   Behrendt, H ^g   Kramer U ^h   Williams, H C ⁱ   Wichmann, H E ^a,j   Heinrich, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^f Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

ⁱ Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; DUST EXPOSURE; ECZEMA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

BEDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DUST; ECZEMA; ENDOTOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77749344604     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03460.x     Document Type: Review

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